- quality of care effects
- characteristics of high quality care (process/structure
variables)
- family factors associated with alternate care
- problems with early studies of the effects of daycare,
especially on attachment
- NICHD study – how it’s an improvement over previous
research and recent findings)

self-concept and self-esteem (definitions)
"looking glass self" and social basis of self-concept/esteem
emergence of self-recognition and Lewis & Brooks-Gunn (rouge test)
developmental changes in self-concept and person perception
Harter's conceptualization/measurement of self-esteem
role of social comparison, and environment in self esteem

(1)
Compare and contrast the behaviorist
and the ethological accounts
of attachment.Which
account best explains attachment and why?Be sure to support your answer with examples and a well thought
out evaluation of the theories, as well as some discussion of Harlow's
work.

(2)
What does it mean to take a cognitive-developmental (Piagetian) approach
to social development? Describe how a cognitive-developmentalist might
explain attachment andgender-role
development (provide
examples).

(3) Compare
and contrast TWO of the following approaches to aggression:
Instinct (Psychoanalytic and/or Ethological), Frustration-Aggression,
Social-Learning, Social Information Processing. How do these TWO
approaches differ with respect to: a) the causes of aggression and b)
what one would have to do to reduce aggression? Next, evaluate
these theories. Which is the better model of aggression and why
(support your answer)?